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Jake Peavy

"There's nothing in life worth having if you can't share it with other people," baseball ace Jake Peavy said Thursday evening on the stage of a hometown music hall. And Peavy had a lot to share.
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With the wild-card games over, the best-of-five Division Series are set with the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays in the American League and the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals in the National League seeking to reach the World Series. The contending teams have nine players with Alabama baseball roots.
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San Francisco Giants pitcher Jake Peavy was challenged by Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson from the stage at the Ten Sixty Five music festival. Peavy has answered the challenge and issued one to former Auburn star Tim Hudson.
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Former Alabama prep stars Jake Peavy and David Robertson have been nominated for the 2016 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award, presented annually by the MLB Players Association to the player "whose on-field performance and contributions to his community most inspire others to higher levels of achievement."
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Mobile native Jake Peavy is the San Francisco Giants' nominee for the 2016 Roberto Clemente Award, presented annually by Major League Baseball to recognize the philanthropic efforts of its players.
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When Major League Baseball resumes the 2016 season on Friday after its four-day All-Star break, six players with Alabama baseball roots are right where they want to be – on first-place teams.
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Baseball star Jake Peavy's new recording studio in downtown Mobile has just become fully operational, but an audio industry news outlet already has ranked it as being among "the world's finest in studio design."
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During the 2015 Major League Baseball season, 27 players with Alabama roots appeared on big-league rosters. Five of those players didn't have to stop on Sunday, when the regular season ended because they're on teams that qualified for the playoffs.
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Major League Baseball wants fans to pick the Franchise Four for each of its 30 team. The Franchise Four are defined as "the four most impactful players who best represent the history of each franchise." They'll be selected in a set of polls on mlb.com, and 11 players with baseball roots in Alabama are included among the nominees.
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Jake Peavy will begin his 14th Major League season on Sunday as the San Francisco Giants' starting pitcher against the San Diego Padres. The Giants intended to have Peavy on the mound for their second game of the season, but the former St. Paul's prep star had his first outing pushed back to Game 6 because of a back problem.
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